Jones v. Hockman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. ACTION of right for certain lands which constituted a portion of the “Half Breed Tract” in Lee County. The defendant pleaded the statute of limitations. The plaintiff established on the trial a complete chain of title from the government to himself.
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Appeal from Lee District Court. ACTION of right for certain lands which constituted a portion of the “Half Breed Tract” in Lee County. The defendant pleaded the statute of limitations. The plaintiff established on the trial a complete chain of title from the government to himself. It was shown on the part of the defendant, that, eighteen or twenty years before the commencement of the action, one Roland entered into the possession and commenced the improvement of the land in controversy; that he sold to one Gage; that Gage sold to Morris; that Morris sold to Barnes; that Barnes sold to…
1Opinion of the CourtBalpwiN, J.
Action of right. It is conceded that the evidence introduced upon the trial in the District Court fully shows the fee simple title to the land in controversy to be in the plaintiff. The defendant rests his claim to the possession of the property upon the fact that he has been in the peaceable and uninterrupted possession of the same for ten years prior to the commencement of this action, or in other words, that the right of plaintiff’s recovery has been barred by the statute of limitations. The defendant does *107not claim that he has held the property by any title adverse to that of plaintiff,…
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